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Originally Posted by Apocrypha
What I am getting at.. is that funerals are tricky. They can easily turn people against the Christian message if they feel they are getting manipulated by the preacher to get right or die in hell. Funerals are a very emotional time and should be focused on giving comfort to the family... not to rolling the dice on a bellywhopper of a alter call. People can really get to hate a church if they feel manipulated at a vulnerable time.
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No altar call.
No preechin hell. I do see sharing a Redeemer.
I also know it is a painfull moment and when the tears dry, they may dobut what commitment they made under a moment of deep sorrow.